BSG Fans, Is Caprica going to console us?

I have just watched the pilot, and then am going to watch Episode 1.

Im not sure what tot think yet, I enjoyed it, but I have been mourning BSG since its final, so I am willing to watch anything that allows me to clutch to the memory of cylons and Ships in space.

I think we are meeting the Cylon 'creator' as the daughter and the father. The daughter in her monotheism that he cylons adopted in BSG. And the father who created the machines using his daughters memory transplantation between avatar and human tech....


Ok Ill see how I go after the next episode, no enough space battlestars and shooting yet, but I like it anyway

Will I'll lose my life to it once a week like I did with the last series?
We shall have to wait and see!

It' vastly different than BSG, but it's still a very good show.
The elements of the "Mafia" bring a new twist to the story and I can see why there is a strong Godfather 1 dress style.

If you have watched episode 3 yet the decision that Joe Adama makes at the end is uncharacteristic and surprisingly foolish for someone that is a smart attorney.
Then again this is only episode 3 and the audience is still trying to get a handle on the characters.
But still loving it and wanting more asap.

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Yeah I thought i was outa character? He appears to be reasonable and the man that forms Admiral Adalama as the leader he becomes?
Is he the kid?

The use of video and black and white tvs here and there on plasmas is weirding me out.
Not very creative sci fi design there, but anyhoo, I really like it too

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are you on drugs?
Your previous comment was a ramble that confused father and son.



[edit on 8-2-2010 by dalek]

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no.

Im asking if the young son of the current lawyer Adalma ends up being admiral adalma?

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Thanks for this thread. I never even knew about this series till right now. Will have to download and check it out.

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YES, he does become Admiral Adama

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Can this be appreciated if you haven't seen BSG? I thought the pilot was pretty good but I felt like I was missing a lot by not knowing anything about the characters.

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Probably a good idea to start from this new series Karl

This kills me. I had no idea this was a prequel to BSG, I just heard James Marsters was going to be in it so I set the dvr to record it.

I'm pretty much hooked on this one, yet I have never seen any episodes of BSG, old or new. I did some reading about it but could only read so much as I didn't want to ruin it if I ever do get a chance to watch those.

Interesting show. I like how polytheism is the norm and the fundamentalist monotheists are the terrorists. Interesting also is how the Cylons are monotheistic yet the humans aren't in BSG and how this comes about via Zoe-A, at least I would presume her beliefs are embedded in the Cylons somehow along the way.

Grandma Tsattie is a pretty wicked lady, eh? She might turn out to be one of the more interesting characters.

I like the world created. It seems like a world on the brink, even if they don't know it. It parallels our own quite nicely, as Sci-Fi is wont to do. At least the way I see it and the way I see things today. I like how it's a wild confluence of politics, religion, technology, mafia underworld and just people caught up in events they have no say in, so to speak, they are predestined to play their parts as we all know the end result is pretty much death to all humanity. Nothing they can do to stop it. Sort of like it's all part of a prophesy. Try and not make the prophecy happen and you play right into it.

I never watched BSG as a kid as it seemed really lame. It just looked that way. I never watched the newer stuff, even though I had heard it was much better. Someday I'll have to get Netflix going or something like that to watch them. Seems like I would dig it, at least the re-envisioned stuff.

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This kills me. I had no idea this was a prequel to BSG, I just heard James Marsters was going to be in it so I set the dvr to record it.

What? Spike is in it? OK im even more committed now,
Watch the new BSG series, you will not be dissapointed.
I like your phrase "They don't know they are in a world on the brink" They do put that across really well

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Jane Espenson, writer on Buffy/Angel, thought Marsters could "shake up the show". I can see that. However, JE has either left the show or was fired so I don't know how this will all shake down. IMDB has no listing of JM in the show yet the first season is already filmed. From what I have sussed out I THINK he will come in this Friday on Gemenon. I think he was who Zoe was supposed to meet there. He's supposed to be a foil for Polly Walker's character

I can only read so much about this crap or else they start giving away all the info about BSG so that's all the info I have at the moment. I'd rather watch the stuff myself but that's nearly impossible. I don't own them and even if SYFY still airs it I'd never catch it all in order which would bother me to no end.

The last show on television that blew my mind was, well, anything by Joss Whedon LOL! Seriously, Buffy, Angel and Firefly are the last shows that got my blood pumping and made me want to be home to watch it. Caprica is like that, I can't stop thinking about it and I am highly anticipating the new episodes. Not much on tele is interesting and raises questions about, well, anything, and this does that. Makes it worth watching.

Here's the link to The Caprican, if you like. Read the newspaper from Caprica City. The Caprican

I like your phrase "They don't know they are in a world on the brink" They do put that across really well

The V-world should get a decent exploration this week as the story revolves around Tamara in the V-world. That place is like 4chan on steroids. As bad a rep as 4chan has at least it has spawned Anonymous whereas I see nothing redeeming coming out of the V-world, a place where human sacrifice is cheered. Yuck.

Caprica itself is just a mirror of our own world, albeit it with different customs(polytheism, group marriges, etc.). People haven't changed just the customs. Funny how this is not, so far, like our own world where it's TPTB mucking things up. Here, a grieving father finds his dead daughter's soul in a computer and infects a robot with it, spawning a whole world(s) of hurt.

IOW, the whole BSG saga is a case of "# happens". One guy misses his daughter so he accidentally kills off most of humankind. Pretty frakkin wild.

Myself and my wife loved the BSG series... it had us hooked from beginning to end... One of the best ScFi series on TV EVER!!!

The reason we loved it was because of its adult story lines and adult theme... every week was a roller coaster of emotions and excitement... It was serious, dark and grown up Sc-Fi!!

However, Caprica is starting to feel like the endless Teen based Sc-Fi/fantasy programmes already out there... It’s very irritating... Daniel Graystone's silly teen daughter trapped inside a Cylon

"like, this sucks ok... my boobs are metal OK... "

Adamas silly teen daughter trapped inside a Matrix type world

"Like, I’m just like Neo OK"

And more annoying teen scenes all based around the school!!! Urrrgh!!! I'm just waiting for the first set of fangs to come out!!!

Then there are the annoying science quarks... People of Caprica have the ability to invent totally immersive virtual words, walking talking robots, Space Ships, but the car tech has not passed the 1960's and they are still using VHS Videos ?!?!


I'm hanging in there because I’m hoping it picks up... but so far I’m not liking it

ok... a few more episodes in... and it hasn’t improved. The only reason i am hanging in there is in the hope that it picks up...

I really don’t like the strong teen element to the story... hormonal dumb teenagers trying to be grown up is not my cup of tea!!!

The adult characters are no better, flat and empty... it feels like the show is trying to be artistic and clever but all its achieving is boring clichés from other popular Sci-Fi’s such as The Matrix!

But... i didn’t like Buffy... so maybe that why i don’t like this!!!

It feels like they have taken one the greatest adult Sci-Fi series ever... and turned it into another brainless teen based romp!!

I am the only one who thinks this???

The mid season Finale was OK, but overall, it has been slow, boring and self indulgent.

I was NOT expecting battles in space like BSG, BUT the Long pondering moments of characters lost in thought is ok for dramatic reference, but to have to have it week after week is BORING for an audience

If Amanda Graystone has "topped" herself, I can understand why, her agent told her to!